Epidemiological Alert, Unusual Increase in the Number of Persons Infected with Hantavirus in the Department of Boquerón, Paraguayan Chaco Region (27 May 2004)
Alerta Epidemiológica, Aumento inusual en el número de infectados por hantavirus en el departamento de Boquerón, Chaco paraguayo (27 mayo 2004)
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From 1995 to March 2004, a total of 206 patients in Paraguay were identified as being infected with hantavirus (with an IgG and IgM positive serology), of which 93 developed Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and 113, mild to moderate respiratory symptoms. The general case-fatality rate for HPS is 20% (19/93), one of the lowest in the region. To date, 4 outbreaks have been detected: the first, in 1995 (with 15 cases of HPS); the second, in 2000 (with 15 HPS cases); the third, in 2001 (with 27 HPS cases); and the current one. The remaining 34 cases of HPS were isolated cases occurring during periods between epidemics. Desde 1995 hasta marzo de 2004, se han registrado un total de 206 pacientes infectados con hantavirus (serología positiva IgG e IgM), de los cuales 93 desarrollaron Síndrome Pulmonar de Hantavirus (SPH) y 113, cuadros respiratorios leves o moderados. La letalidad general del SPH es del 20% (19/93) una de las más bajas de la región. A la fecha, se han detectado cuatro brotes epidémicos: el primero en el año 1995, (15 casos de SPH), el segundo en el año 2000 (15 casos de SPH), el tercero en el año 2001 (27 casos de SPH) y el que actualmente cursa. Los 34 casos restantes de SPH se registraron en periodos ínter epidémicos.
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